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he's not throwing the u.s. into anything big whether it's syria or iran. he's trying to do enough but not to coit resources. nd so it's a bit of a pass of foreign policy. i would say somewhat realistically but passive. so romney has some room there to say here's my vision. here is what america is going to look like in the 21st century. i think that is where you should go rather than relitigate. >> brown: let me switch gears to the targets of the campaigns. this is the week we heard over and over again women, women, women, women. the first debate, of course, e, heard about women in binders. >> well, in the second debate, that's right. i would say this, because ofbi the first debate, it gave mitt romney a chance to appeal to particularly suburban women who have been an awfully important constituency of the democrats. how important. i was just pointing out this. in neither deb e did the president mention minimum wage, collective bargaining, union, working poor, the economic bread-and-butter issues the democratic party, the new deal and po new deal great socie
he's not throwing the u.s. into anything big whether it's syria or iran. he's trying to do enough but not to coit resources. nd so it's a bit of a pass of foreign policy. i would say somewhat realistically but passive. so romney has some room there to say here's my vision. here is what america is going to look like in the 21st century. i think that is where you should go rather than relitigate. >> brown: let me switch gears to the targets of the campaigns. this is the week we heard over...
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in u.s. economic news, new claims for unemployment fell last week, indicating slow but steady job growth. stocks on wall street edged higher today on a handful of corporate earnings reports. the dow jones industrial average gained 26 points to close above 13,103. the nasdaq rose more than four points to close at 2,986. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown a major issue of the campaign and the country: the growing debt problem. today, there was a new call for a bipartisan effort to tackle it. itme from a group of more n tha 100 thsiness leaders supporting a balanced approach of spending cuts and increased tax revenues. the group, called "the campaign to fix the debt," released a letter saying it was not pushini any one plan but that any deal should make reforms to all areas of the budget, including social security and medicare. it's an oft-stated goal, but what makes it so hard to more forward on? our economics correspondent, paul solman, has been taking a loo
in u.s. economic news, new claims for unemployment fell last week, indicating slow but steady job growth. stocks on wall street edged higher today on a handful of corporate earnings reports. the dow jones industrial average gained 26 points to close above 13,103. the nasdaq rose more than four points to close at 2,986. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown a major issue of the campaign and the country: the growing debt problem. today, there was a new call...
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and downed trees and branches littered grounds near the u.s. capitol d across the national mall. president obama visited the red cross national headquarters and warned those still in the storm's path to remain vigilant. >> this storm is not yet over. we've gotten brief gs from the national hurricane center. it is stillgs moving north. there are still communities that could be affected. so i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding. there are still risks of downed power lines, risks of high winds, and so it is very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to state and local officials. >> woodruff: the warning included especially pennsylvania where the rain kept falling and flood waters kept rising today. and where the storm already passed, clean-up was the order of the day with first light utility crews from across the countryegan working to restoreor power to millions of people. >> we're really lucky to have, you know, everybody safe and have the crews already here getting us fixed up. >> woodruff: in parts of appalach
and downed trees and branches littered grounds near the u.s. capitol d across the national mall. president obama visited the red cross national headquarters and warned those still in the storm's path to remain vigilant. >> this storm is not yet over. we've gotten brief gs from the national hurricane center. it is stillgs moving north. there are still communities that could be affected. so i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding. there are still risks of downed power lines,...
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that u.s. troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with that and said we should some number of troops stay on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture and mine as well. you th ght it should have been 5,000 troops. i thought it should have been s more troops. the answer was we got no troops whatsoever. >> just a few weeks ago you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. >> i'm sorry. i indicated... >> warner: last november, joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey told a senate committee the obama administration wanted to keep about 3,000 troops in iraq if there had been a status of for
that u.s. troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with...
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and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound startling to say in our present red-blue divided partisan environment but i think we have two impressive people running for president. they're bonowlgeab. they're both very smart about the issues. both of them have been successful in nearly everything they've tried in their professional lives. president obama was clearly the more knowledgeable and nuanced and even some's ticketed in the way he describedded the challenges to us on the foreign policy and national security landscape. i thought that governor romney had a very strong moment in the debate, a very good moment when he tied together our domestic economy
and in boston, former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, now with the kennedy school of government at harvard university. welcome to you both. let me just ask you to start broadly speaking. what do we take away from last night's debate in terms of how well these two candidates understand american foreign policy and would be a good steward of it? let me start with you. nick burns. >> well, judy, this may sound startling to say in our present red-blue divided partisan environment but i think we...
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and that's a challenge because roughly one third of the u.s. air travel goes through the new york airport. so getting those back up and running will be the biggest challenge. others are already up and running. so airports in philadelphia and washington are beginning to take service again which is great news. >> warner: why is it prove... i know we're only a day into this, bu difficult to reopen ne yo airports. are these just under water or is there damage? >> well, evaluating damage but so, for example, laguardia has some water on the runways. that needs to be pumped off. the systems need to be inspected both the lighting and landing equipment and the navigation equipment needs to be inspected. j.f.k. will likely open around noon tomorrow. some aircraft will be coming in there and hopully starting full service again on thursday. newark right now is without commercial power. once commercial power comes back on, then the inspect the systemd seeherwe can begin resuming service there. one of the other bigger challenges is is the public transportati
and that's a challenge because roughly one third of the u.s. air travel goes through the new york airport. so getting those back up and running will be the biggest challenge. others are already up and running. so airports in philadelphia and washington are beginning to take service again which is great news. >> warner: why is it prove... i know we're only a day into this, bu difficult to reopen ne yo airports. are these just under water or is there damage? >> well, evaluating damage...
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more than 20% of u.s. homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, meaning they owe more than the value of their home and some 950,000 homes are in the process of being foreclosed on currently. last october, mitt romney took a largely hands-off approach to the problem. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run it's course and hit the bottom. >> brown: but by january, the republican hopeful was quoted by "the new york times" as saying, "the idea that somehow this is going to cure itself, all by itself, is unreal." in a republican primary debate >> if he is reelected i'm convinced you will see the value of your homes going to the basement and quafyings for a mortgage will be difficult as >> brown: the obama administration has made several attempts to address the housing problem, with only limited success. more than one million people have received a permanent loan q modification through one key initiative, but that's far short of the three million plus that it was expected to help. last febr
more than 20% of u.s. homeowners are underwater on their mortgages, meaning they owe more than the value of their home and some 950,000 homes are in the process of being foreclosed on currently. last october, mitt romney took a largely hands-off approach to the problem. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run it's course and hit the bottom. >> brown: but by january, the republican hopeful was quoted by "the new york times" as saying, "the idea that...